Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Taking Ownership of the Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the Hospital
Authors: Dana Clifton, Noel Ivey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2022)

Web ExclusivesOctober 2022Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Taking Ownership of the Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the HospitalDana Clifton, MD and Noel Ivey, MDDana Clifton, MDDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (D.C.)Search for more papers by this author and Noel Ivey, MDDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (N.I.).Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M22-2610 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic, relapsing, treatable disease of the brain. High-quality research has repeatedly shown that medication for OUD (MOUD), including buprenorphine and methadone, saves lives (1, 2). Medication for OUD has become the standard of care for patients with OUD, and it is no longer appropriate to withhold this life-saving treatment from them (1).Diagnosing and Treating OUD is a Hospital IssueMedication for OUD should be available in all health care settings, including the hospital (1, 3). In fact, hospitalization is a prime opportunity to initiate MOUD, as patients who are hospitalized for a complication ...References1. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives. National Academies Pr; 2019. Google Scholar2. Larochelle MR, Bernson D, Land T, et al. Medication for opioid use disorder after nonfatal opioid overdose and association with mortality. A cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:137-45. [PMID: 29913516] doi:10.7326/M17-3107 LinkGoogle Scholar3. Clifton D, Ivey N, Poley S, et al. Implementation of a comprehensive hospitalist-led initiative to improve care for patients with opioid use disorder. J Hosp Med. 2022;17:427-36. [PMID: 35535562] doi:10.1002/jhm.12837 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Velez CM, Nicolaidis C, Korthuis PT, et al. “It's been an experience, a life learning experience.” A qualitative study of hospitalized patients with substance use disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2017;32:296-303. [PMID: 27957661] doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3919-4 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Becerra X, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. Practice guidelines for the administration of buprenorphine for treating opioid use disorder. Accessed at www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-08961 on 12 January 2022. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Dana Clifton, MD; Noel Ivey, MDAffiliations: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (D.C.)Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (N.I.).Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M22-2610.Corresponding Author: Dana Clifton, MD, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Box 100800, Durham, NC 27710; e-mail, dana.clifton@duke.edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAnnals for Hospitalists - October 2022 David H. Wesorick Metrics October 2022Volume 175, Issue 10Page: HO2-HO4KeywordsHospital medicineHospitalistsOpioid use disorderOpioids ePublished: 18 October 2022 Issue Published: October 2022 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2022 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...